Blotter.



M. E'. MONTAGUE.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 2B, 1909.

967,951. Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

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MEREIDITI-I F. IVIONTAGE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BLOTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

Application filed July 28, l1909. Serial No. 510,112.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MEREDI'rI-I F. MoN- Taenn, a citizen of the United States, and

resident of the borough of Manhattan, in

the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blotters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in blotters, and it is the purpose of the invention to provide blotters of handsome attractive appearance, in which the ornamentation in no wise decreases the absorbent properties 0f the surface of the blotter, and in which both sides of the blotter shall present an equally attractive finish and appearance.

Referring to the drawings which accompany the specification to aid the description, Figure 1 is a plan view of a blotter in its holder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section 0n the plane of the line 1 1 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the plane of the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

A sheet of blotting paper A of the desired size and shape is perforated by a die or other suitable tool, along the outline of any desired design, as for example a pennant and the portion within the outline is removed, leaving an aperture of the desired shape in said sheet A. Then with a corresponding die or other suitable tool a piece of mill colored blotting paper o, o f any desired color or tint, is cut to exactly the same size and shape as the aforesaid aperture in sheet A; and I prefer that the said sheet of milled colored blotting paper shall be of the same thickness as said sheet- A, so that when the said piece o is inserted in the said aperture in the sheet A, the surfaces of said piece ZJ will be flush with the surfaces of said sheet A on both sides. To temporarily retain the insert o in the said aperture in sheet A, I prefer to paste a thin lap strip c of paper or other material around the edges of the said piece Z) and aperture a, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3. In another sheet of blotting paper B, of the same size and shape as said sheet A, is then cut an aperture d for an insert. I prefer that the size and shape of this aperture shall be the same as the size and shape of the aperture in sheet A, but that it shall be arranged in the reversed position on sheet B, so that the edges of the two apertures shall not coincide. For if the edges of both apertures did coincide, then the inserts would be retained in the blotter much less securely than they are when the edges of said apertures do not coincide. For example, in the case of a pennant as seen. in Fig. 1, the aperture in sheet B will preferably be that of a pennant of the same size and shape as the aperture in sheet A, but it will be placed in a reversed position in said sheet B, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, so that certain solid, or uncut parts, of the body of each sheet support the insert of the other sheet, as will be evident on examining Fig. 1 as well as Figs. 2 and 3.

From a sheet of mill colored blotting paper of the desired color or tint, (which will usually and preferably be the same color or tint as that of said insert will be cut an insert f for said sheet B to accurately fit the perforation in said sheet B, and said insert 7 will preferably be temporarily secured in said sheet B by pasted strips g around the margins of said insert and .said perforation, as hereinbefore described in connection with sheet A. Now the two sheets A and B are carefully pasted or cemented together, with the sides on which are said temporarily retaining strips c, g placed inwardly in contact, said sheets A and B being placed and held in careful register while the paste or cement is drying, and of course when dry the edges of the said sheets A and B can be accurately trimmed. There will thus result a blotter' having an ornamental insert of equally goodabsorbent qualities with the rest of the blotter, and showing the same ornamental finish and appearance on both sides. To heighten the appearance, in cases where this can be done without affecting the absorbent quality of the blotter, as in the case of the pennant shown in Fig. 1, I can complete the design with lines, as at t, 7c, Z representing some appropriate part of the design, as in the present case, the flag staffl and halliards of the pennant, and I can of course provide smaller inserts of desired color or tint, such as the letter II, or any other suitable design, to be inserted in the principal inserts '5, Said blotter when finished may be placed in any suitable holder I-I, as will be readily understood.

Now having described my improvements, I claim as my invention.

l. The combination in a blotter, of a plurality of absorbent body sheets each provided with an aperture disposed so that its margins do not coincide with the margins of the 'next sheet, inserts in lsaid apertures,

means for temporarily retaining said inserts in said apertures, andV means for permanently securing said body sheets together, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a blotter, of two body sheets of'absorbent material each provided with an aperture disposed so that itsl margins do not register with the margins of the aperture ofthe other'sheet, inserts of diierent color from said body sheets fitted into said apertures, paste strips on the backs 0f said sheets for temporariliy retaining said inserts 1n said apertures, an means for permanently securing sald sheetstogether and `said inserts in said sheets, substantially as described.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New York, this 9th day of July A. D. 1909.

MEREDITH F. MONTAGUE.

Witnesses:

WALTER N. HARRIS, GEO. K. LEE. 

